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[q] help! Can't clear phone data

Ok, long story short, I have 113MB of 'system data' in my /datadata folder (66% full), and I want it gone.
But I can't get rid of it... I've tried a full clean install, I've tried manually formatting /datadata from CWM, and I've also tried formatting boot, cache, data, datadata, and system from CWM followed by a fresh install (Kang 12/17).
My wife has the same phone and ROM and she only has 26% full in /datadata. I can't - for the life of me - figure out how to completely clean /datadata.
One thing I noticed in terminal emulator is that the data in /data and /datadata is about equal to what is listed in /system. However, formatting /system did not clear it out.
Please help as this is driving me insane!

Isn't datadata based on your apps? Like dalvik? I think ur wife just has less apps.

mbc663 said:
Isn't datadata based on your apps? Like dalvik? I think ur wife just has less apps.
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I thought so to, but even with no apps (nothing but what comes with the ROM) I have 3x what she has... and she has what comes with the ROM plus all her other apps.
If it does have to do exclusively with the apps, I'm more than willing to do everything step by step to figure out which app(s) cause my issue, but in order to do that I need to be able to clear the folder of everything except what true system data is necessary and start from square 1.

/datadata is apps settings and data. A little more info might help...

b-eock said:
/datadata is apps settings and data. A little more info might help...
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What kind of info do you need, and I'll try and supply it. I'm trying to do a clean install so that all of those app settings and data are starting from scratch. Factory resets didn't do it, formatting the folders through CWM didn't do it...
I must be missing something... but I can't figure out what it is.
Some basic background:
Most recently on the 12/17 Kang (CM7.2 RC0) with the glitch v13 (2.6.35.13) kernel and Gapps 08/28
For the just completed testing I only flashed Gapps (08/28) and the 12/17 Kang so I could see if anything I did worked on clearing /datadata.
Other than that, the only modification I've done to my phone is the modem is KG3 i9000.

Have u tried Titanium Backup Pro app ??

4-2ndtwin said:
Have u tried Titanium Backup Pro app ??
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I haven't... I have the free version currently. Would the pro version do all of this stuff?

The free version should do for deleting data and removing apps.
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I'll go out out on a limb here but try backing up your sd card and formatting it?

mbc663 said:
I'll go out out on a limb here but try backing up your sd card and formatting it?
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I had thought of that too... once formatted and I reinstall the ROM and stuff, is it easy enough to just copy those folders back on the phone? That was the one thing I was worried about... and thus I hadn't tried yet.
Formatting always makes me nervous

Are you encountering any issues with it being that full? Or is this just to satisfy your ocd?

theyurtingyeti said:
I had thought of that too... once formatted and I reinstall the ROM and stuff, is it easy enough to just copy those folders back on the phone? That was the one thing I was worried about... and thus I hadn't tried yet.
Formatting always makes me nervous
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As simple as dragging and dropping files. Also nice to start fresh every once in a while to clear out junk from old apps.

I'm getting ready to format my SDcard and start all over... but if I format my SD card, I'll no longer have my ROM zips there to flash. I put the ROMs on my external SD card (emmc), but in CWM I can't mount emmc to make sure they are there to flash when I format my SDCard...
How do I get my ROM flashed again once I format my SD card?
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Doing more research it appears that I should be able to format my SD card w/o losing my ROM as long as I leave my boot and system folders alone.
So, if I format /data, /datadata, and /sdcard I should be able to reboot and see if it worked

studacris said:
Are you encountering any issues with it being that full? Or is this just to satisfy your ocd?
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I am encountering issues with it being that full. I have like 70 apps with approx 38MB of data taken up... combined with the large amount of 'system data' in the /datadata partition I'm running into the issues when that folder gets to 90% capacity.
It's at the point that I can't install new apps that save any data at all or I will have to constantly shuffle which apps can save their data. Doing research I found that the 172MB cap shouldn't be an issue unless you are hording apps... I have a small number of apps with a small amount of data, so things should be better

Thanks for all the suggestions...
But so far nothing has worked.
I formatted the SD card along with data and datadata and rebooted the phone.
My /datadata folder was still listed at 66% full. So formatting nearly everything still couldn't clear this folder.
I'm still boggled why the other captivate started with 8MB system data and I start with 113MB, both on a clean install...
Perhaps my only hope is to clear stuff out again and flash ICS and hope that something is different enough that this 'problem' goes away...

An additional thought
Would I be able to delete the /datadata folder through Root Explorer, reboot into recovery and reflash the ROM?
I would assume the ROM will repartition the phone correctly. System data can't exist in a folder that doesn't exist - right?

Question for Internal SDcard

can the internal sdcard with the Data partion merge so that the data has 8GB instead of 4GB?
I do not know if that is so you can then make the ExtSdCard to internal sdcard??

If it could be done I think someone would have posted the guide already.
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blackknightavalon said:
If it could be done I think someone would have posted the guide already.
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So mean my 2 partition can not merge with android devices??

I have plenty of apps and data stored in the system partition. But it would not be wise to use it all up as system uses that free space for caches and processing. Filling it up would make apps run slow.
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iKlutz said:
I have plenty of apps and data stored in the system partition. But it would not be wise to use it all up as system uses that free space for caches and processing. Filling it up would make apps run slow.
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I would really like to have if the data partitions get 4GB instead of 8GB, it would be so I was wondering if you can not lead the two partitions get together

[Q] I'm out of free space, but how??

I'm running Kitkat 4.4.2 from insertcoin. The Storage space is 25.4gb, and I'm using 16gb of it, but my phone says I'm out of free space. I tried Clearing out all my data from my SD, and it still said my SD had about 10gb in use. I'm thinking maybe its some system data, but what part of the OS could be taking up 10gb?
Also, I've got some sort of audio dump going on under /Data/Audio that I have to keep deleting through android commander. how can I turn off the auto audio dump?

You have any nandroid backups? Each of those, including data, will be around 2-3 gb. In TWRP they are in a folder in the TWRP directory. Don't know about CWM.
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I move all my backups to my PC...

bbmaster123 said:
I move all my backups to my PC...
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This happened to me once. The way I dealt with it was I transferred all of my important files (e.g. pics, vids, nands, etc) to my computer, then formatted the internal storage and installed a fresh ROM.

and its still okay? I tried that about a week ago, but I didn't flash a fresh rom, I just reformatted the storage partition and I gained about 6gb, which has now disappeared.

Try a few storage apps from Playstore.. I can't recommend something but there are a few which will get you a good idea.

reinstalling the ROM seems to have fixed my problem, but now I've got a new problem. I guess I should make a new thread for it though. thanks for the help!

SaHiLzZ said:
Try a few storage apps from Playstore.. I can't recommend something but there are a few which will get you a good idea.
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try downloading diskusage from the playstore. it should give you a pretty accurate view of your completely usage and where its coming from and then you can go about clearing space up

F Me I Am A Lost...

I decided to dust off the Touchpad that was on CM9. I was trying to catch up and installed TpToolBox, and upgraded CWM. I did a bunch of fixing in Toolbox and now all I can access is /sdcard/0/clockworkmod folder which is empty. All my data is still there as when I mount the touchpad it shows up in windows.
I have been trying to read about what to do and found some stuff that I don`t know how to comprehend. I am a bit behind on the changes from cm9 to cm11 but understand there is a media storage difference.
So can someone please help me to get back to whatever I need to do to flash a CM11 rom. I can easily back up the data I have and go from there. I am sure there is a link out there but I don`t even know where to begin...
TYIA

I would like to know that as well. Thanks for info.
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having just used it myself, this is what i understand happens
if you did the 'complete data reset' then it should be obvious that your entire touchpad is wiped
if you did just the install android, it will repartition the data into the new media partition, and the last 4.5gb into the legacy data partition, this is the partition that's going to mounted as 'external_sd' and will be where all your old data is stored
if you had over 4.5gb of data before the repartition, i'm not sure what happens, but my guess would be that the toolbox is smart enough to make the data partition to whatever amount of data is used and the leftover amount as the media
so now, after this, the /sd_card/ is part of the new media partition
go up one directory, and you should find the /external_sd/ and that should be where all your old stuff is

anonxlg said:
having just used it myself, this is what i understand happens
if you did the 'complete data reset' then it should be obvious that your entire touchpad is wiped
if you did just the install android, it will repartition the data into the new media partition, and the last 4.5gb into the legacy data partition, this is the partition that's going to mounted as 'external_sd' and will be where all your old data is stored
if you had over 4.5gb of data before the repartition, i'm not sure what happens, but my guess would be that the toolbox is smart enough to make the data partition to whatever amount of data is used and the leftover amount as the media
so now, after this, the /sd_card/ is part of the new media partition
go up one directory, and you should find the /external_sd/ and that should be where all your old stuff is
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My data is there but only accessible in webOS or when mounted in toolbox. I cannot go up any directories. It sticks me in one and I try to mount others but nothing happens.

did you actually install cm11? if not, what exactly did u do?
it sounds like you started the install, but did not complete it, if that's the case, just do the install android again, it should see that you have the correct partition sizes and thus, will not do any repartitioning
then just continue with the install

anonxlg said:
did you actually install cm11? if not, what exactly did u do?
it sounds like you started the install, but did not complete it, if that's the case, just do the install android again, it should see that you have the correct partition sizes and thus, will not do any repartitioning
then just continue with the install
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Nope. Once I was done all that I went back into CWM and this is where I am at...

so what did you do with the toolbox (which options did u select)?
honestly, it sounds like you should just run the android install

anonxlg said:
so what did you do with the toolbox (which options did u select)?
honestly, it sounds like you should just run the android install
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OK, I am dong that now. I obviously went too fast last time and did not read to copy rom into the folder....Spurs game was on my bad....Will update with a success story hopefully...

Clipse79 said:
OK, I am dong that now. I obviously went too fast last time and did not read to copy rom into the folder....Spurs game was on my bad....Will update with a success story hopefully...
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OK, I get an error about no supported recovery file found.....what should I be throwing in there besides gapps and rom?

Clipse79 said:
OK, I get an error about no supported recovery file found.....what should I be throwing in there besides gapps and rom?
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Take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52765140
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4GivenByChrist said:
Take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52765140
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Well that seems to be doing it. Thank you so much! I do not know how I missed that. It had been a long day and was frustrated! Damn man thanks again!

Other Storage Ridiculously High

I was clearing up stuff on my phone the other day and I noticed that my other storage is just under 15GB, which is almost half of my total capacity and leaves me with just about no space left.
(as I can't post pictures)
it's 1.25GB apps, 6.04GB music, 2.63GB pictures, 3.34GB Downloads, 14.70GB Other, leaving me with only 4.04GB left to spare.
I used the SD Card Analysis in ES File Explorer and it doesn't help me find the problem.
I'm running ViperOne 7.0.1, with the ElementalX kernal, and I'm on Sense 6.0
Can anyone help me find out what's actually causing 15GB to be used up? As I want to put like another few gigs of music on but I can't.
Thanks in advance.

ByKAyy said:
I was clearing up stuff on my phone the other day and I noticed that my other storage is just under 15GB, which is almost half of my total capacity and leaves me with just about no space left.
(as I can't post pictures)
it's 1.25GB apps, 6.04GB music, 2.63GB pictures, 3.34GB Downloads, 14.70GB Other, leaving me with only 4.04GB left to spare.
I used the SD Card Analysis in ES File Explorer and it doesn't help me find the problem.
I'm running ViperOne 7.0.1, with the ElementalX kernal, and I'm on Sense 6.0
Can anyone help me find out what's actually causing 15GB to be used up? As I want to put like another few gigs of music on but I can't.
Thanks in advance.
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maybe some nandroid backups stored on your phone?

alray said:
maybe some nandroid backups stored on your phone?
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I don't have any of them.

ByKAyy said:
I don't have any of them.
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is formatting your device and starting over with a fresh install an option? You could just wipe everything + format data then push and flash viper + elementalX again.

alray said:
is formatting your device and starting over with a fresh install an option? You could just wipe everything + format data then push and flash viper + elementalX again.
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I did a factory wipe this morning and was on stock even on stock it was at 15GB

ByKAyy said:
I did a factory wipe this morning and was on stock even on stock it was at 15GB
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Custom recovery > partitions > wipe data partition... ?

^^^ like SaHiLzZ said, format data
ByKAyy said:
I did a factory wipe this morning and was on stock even on stock it was at 15GB
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factory reset only wipe user data while format data will erase everything on /data partition.